Lissie & Lilly: To BeForever (Photostory)
Lissie: There you all are!
I’ve been looking all over for you guys. I found a binder clip and matches.
Let’s go see what mischief we can get in with them!
Lissie: … Hey! What’s going
on? What are you all looking at? Is it more interesting than fire and clamping
tension?
Cecile: Oh Lissie, c’est
terrible!
Lydia: We’ve discovered why
our Big Person hasn’t had time for us lately.
MG: It’s because she has
lost all interest in us!
Lilly: Well –
Sam: Come see for yourself
Lissie!
Lissie: What is this? It’s
just a magazine! When did you all start caring about such superficial,
superfluous, silly things like that?
Cecile: Non Lissie! You have
missed the point. Tell her Samantha!
Sam: We found it on our Big
Person’s desk this morning. Do you not see what this means Lissie?
Lissie: That we’ll have to
make another trip to the recycling bin?
Lydia: Lissie! This is
serious! Do look closely at the magazine. Don’t you see what it is for?
Sam: Dolls! Brand new dolls!
MG: Oui, and not just any
dolls, but the new Beforever dolls wearing all the latest styles. They are so
colorful, so fashionable.
Sam: How can we ever compete
with those beautiful dolls? I’m not surprised our Big Person has lost interest
in us after seeing these photos. I do believe I have lost interest in myself!
Lissie: Now look here Sam,
you’re acting like a dunderbutt. You all are! You should know our Big Person better
than that.
MG: Mais Lissie, how do you
explain why our Big Person has ignored us these past few weeks if she hasn’t
lost interest in us?
Lissie: Isn’t it obvious?
The Institution of Destruction has begun again and she’s been too busy fighting
it to play! You can’t expect someone fighting for their mortal sanity to have
time for play! That doesn’t mean she’s forgotten us or lost interest! Tell them
Lilly, you study with our Big Person every night!
Lilly: I was trying to say –
Lydia: I wish I could
believe you Lissie but just look at these dolls! There is no way for us to
match them. This one has curls just like I do, but see how much… brighter she
looks?
Lissie: Oh stop being so
self-demeaning Lydia! You’re every inch more perfect than her because you’re
real, and talented, and have a personality! That’s just a factory doll. She
probably doesn’t even have a Big Person of her own.
Cecile: She will soon enough
though, when our Big Person buys her. No, buys them all! Then we’ll be turned
out into the recycling bin ourselves! Mon Dieu! We are all doomed!
Sam: Wait! Listen to me my dear
companions. It is not too late, we must fight back.
Lydia: But what ever can we
do though Samantha? In every way these new Beforever dolls surpass us. They are
all so… new, and look at us. Why we practically have mold in our fluff!
Sam: We shall simply spruce
ourselves up and make ourselves look more interesting, perhaps change our own
looks.
Cecile: How though? It is not
so easy to change one’s appearance.
MG: What about out hair?
Sam: That is a splendid idea
Marie-Grace! Perhaps if we all had new, more interesting hair styles, our Big
Person will change her mind about these new dolls and see we are still exciting and relevant.
Lissie: You’re all going
crazier than a walrus in summer! Wasting all your time and energy on such
useless endeavors when we could be having chaotic adventures and dangerous
lives.
Lissie: What about you Lilly? Are you as daft as the rest of them?
Lilly: I honestly don’t know what to think Lissie. I know our Big
Person is busy since I’ve been studying with her every day, but I can see why
everyone is so worried. Our Big Person was really excited to get the magazine
in the mail. She shrieked so loudly it nearly split my vinyl ears in half to hear
it.
Lissie: But she always does that. You’ve seen her Lilly!
Lilly: I have, but everyone hasn’t been around as long as I have,
and none of us have been here near as long as you Lissie –
Lissie: Good grief! Marie-Grace what are you doing?!
MG: Mes cheveux, my hair
must be the problem. It is too long and unwieldy. Our Big Person must be tired
of looking at such a cumbersome, hot mass so I will start wearing it up.
Lissie: But our Big Person
loves your long hair! Just because she can’t style it doesn’t mean she thinks
its cumbersome!
MG: Ah! C’est bon! This is
much better! Now maybe our Big Person will notice me.
Lissie: Fiddlesticks
Marie-Grace, don’t be – Lydia, not you too!
Lydia: Look Lissie, this
Beforever doll on the cover has a lovely golden clip in her hair. Perhaps if I
start wearing golden ornaments our Big Person will see I can be fresh and
poised like this doll.
Lissie: Our Big Person is
not going to care one twiddlepit whether you’ve got some bling bling in your
hair Lydia. Save your money for something useful, like ice cream!
Lydia: Ice cream won’t win
our Big Person’s love Lissie. This new comb might give me a chance however.
Lissie: Ice cream wins
everyone’s love. Except if you’re lactose intolerant.
Lissie: What in the seven
seas of madness are you doing Cecile? Are you going to beat our Big Person
upside the head with that metal club of clarity?
Cecile: Non, mon amie! This
is called a hair iron. It is used to curl one’s hair. Look at how frizzy and
terrible my curls are. They look like sad, limp biscuits.
Lissie: I don’t think you’ve
ever seen sad, limp biscuits Cecile. Our Big Person would say your curls are
playfully tousled.
Cecile: Ah, you are a good
friend Lissie, but I must recurl all my hair. Perhaps if my hair was easier to
manage and looked like those springy, bouncing curls the doll models have, our
Big Person will pay more attention to me.
Lissie: Waste of a good iron
I say. Who uses Excalibur to make salad?
Lilly: Oh no! Samantha stop!
Lissie: Put that thingamajigger
down, whatever it is, this instant!
Sam: You must not attempt to
stop me! I have to do this!
Lissie: But what are you
doing?
Lilly: It’s a straightener
Lissie! It will destroy all of Samantha’s lovely waves and curls and make her
hair flatter than a manatee’s backside! Don’t do it Samantha, your hair is so
beautiful the way it is already. It curls so naturally and looks luxurious.
Sam: But look at the picture
of this girl in pink Lilly. Her hair is so much straighter and smoother! What
if our Big Person is tired of styling my curls and secretly wished I had soft,
silky, straight hair like her?
Lissie: JELLYFISH
SAUSAGES!!! I’ve had it with all of you! You’re all being bananas! And not the
good ones filled with potassium, or the over ripe ones that you can use in
banana bread. You’re the banana that’s too green and makes your mouth pucker
and dry!
Lilly: Lissie, wait –
Lissie: Don’t try to stop me
Lilly! I’m good and properly infuriated now! What kind of person do you think
your Big Person is anyway? Do you think she’s the kind of person who just
abandons her friends for the new big thing? Is that how little you think of
her? Well I’ll tell you what I think! I think you guys are abandoning her
before she’s even thought of abandoning you!
Lissie: If all you guys are
going to do is sit here and wait for the sky to fall to Hell and bounce a few
times, then I’ll just take my binder clip and matches and go wreak havoc
myself! Good BYE!!!
Sam: Oh wait Lissie! Come
back!
Cecile: She’s gone. I’ve
never seen her so angry.
Lydia: I don’t understand
why she’s so upset. Isn’t she concerned what our Big Person will think of us?
Lilly: It’s because she
already knows what our Big Person thinks of us that she’s so angry.
MG: I do not think I
understand Sawako Lilly. How does she know what is in our Big Person’s
thoughts?
Lilly: Out of all of us,
she’s been with our Big Person the longest and knows her best. You’ve all been
here less than a year, and I’ve been here a few months over a year, but don’t
forget Lissie has been with our Big Person for over 14 years now!
Lydia: I had no idea Lissie
has been here for so long.
Lilly: She knows our Big
Person isn’t so shallow that she would set us aside like that. Knowing Lissie,
she’s probably angry we have so little trust in our Big Person.
Sam: You and Lissie are
right, Sawako Lilly. We should know better than to think changing our
appearance can change our Big Person’s affection.
MG: Oui, if our Big Person
loves us, then she loves us for who we are, hair and all.
Lydia: I suppose I should
return this comb, for all the good it would do. I would rather have the ice
cream anyway.
Cecile: What do we do now?
We must find Lissie and apologize. Perhaps she can think of some way to put
this hair iron to use, crazy curls or not.
Lilly: Yes, we really should
find Lissie. I’m worried she’ll burn her own hair off.
Lissie: I heard that Lilly! Don't doubt my pyromaniac fantasies!
MG: Lissie, you have
returned!
Lissie: Of course I did. I’m
worse than a metal boomerang in a magnetic field. You all were so busy screaming death and doomsday, you didn’t see what’s outside our door!
Sam: Why, when did that
appear? I do not recall seeing it last night.
Lissie: I dunno, but it’s
here now and no take backs to boot!
Cecile: Attendez, look,
there is a note on the bag. What does it say Lissie?
Lissie: I don’t know, I just
deliver justice and love. Here Lilly, you read it since you’re the only one who
didn’t lose her sanity.
Lilly: It’s from our Big
Person!
Lydia: Don’t keep us in
suspense Sawako Lilly! Go on!
My Dear Beautiful Girls
I am so sorry I have been so busy
lately and haven’t had time to play with all of you. I am so grateful to have
you all supporting me and keeping me company. You guys always know how to cheer
me up. As an apology and thank you, here’s a little gift from me.
Love,
Your Big Person
Lilly: They’re gifts in here
for each of us! Look, they have our names on them!
Lissie: What did I tell you? And here you all were ready to go hair crazy. Always place your faith in
General Washington!
Lilly: Stop being heroic and
help me pass these out Lissie. Here’s yours Cecile, and for you Samantha.
Lissie: I’ve got yours
Lydia, and you too Marie-Grace.
Sam: Thank you! Thank you
very much!
Cecile: C’est magnifique! We
all have new outfits! Let us hurry and put them on.
Lilly: We got one too
Lissie, here’s yours.
Lissie: Of course we did
silly. You can’t have a naked General or First in Command in tatters! It goes
against the L&L protocol!
Lydia: Why! These are the
same outfits the Beforever dolls are wearing in the magazine!
MG: C’est tres belle! They
are so beautiful! Look how well they fit!
Lissie: We wear them even
better than those vinyl statues! Do you all understand now? Clothes will rot
and hair will disintegrate but friendship will be forever! That’s what it
really means to BeForever!
Lilly: That was
uncharacteristically eloquent for you Lissie, and you’re absolutely right. We are BeForever!
Lissie: General Washington is always eloquent! I could talk the legs off a centipede if I have a mind to!
Lissie: To BeForever!
Everyone: TO BEFOREVER!
I’ve been so excited about the new BeForever revamp of this historical
line that my girls have been feeling neglected! Fear not, my girls will always
be near and dear to my heart. No new doll can just waltz in and replace them. J
Thank goodness I can always count on my loyal Lissie to understand me and lead
the others! :D
It’s always been a very important point for me to remember outward
appearances will fade and change, but things like love and friendship last
forever if taken care of. I’ve never been a person who spent hours in front of
the mirror fretting, and I’ll always believe my smile is my best feature so I
hope people who read this photo story can understand that as well. It’s the
person you are that makes people love you. Your attitude, your sincerity, they
are more flattering than any outfit or makeup. If people like you only for the
way you appear and not for what you say and do, then it’s not genuine like! ^_^
I really wasn’t planning on doing a photo story but they’ve been
sitting naked on my shelf for weeks now and I decided to dress them. As I was
trying to decide what outfits to put them in, it suddenly occurred to me I had
just purchased the 6 new BeForever meet outfits, and it would be perfect for
each girl. Then that quickly evolved into just doing a quick L&L short
where the girls go from their old meet outfits to the new ones. But as I was
dressing them in their original meet outfits (Sawako Lilly is in the only MyAG
meet I have), they almost seemed to speak to me about how lonely and neglected
they felt and somehow this photo story emerged. ^_^ I’m really glad I was able
to have some fun with my dolls over the craziness of classes (we’re on renal
now) and excitement of the historical line revamp.
Side note, I think I may be lactose intolerant, but that hasn't stopped me yet from gorging on ice cream, cheese, yogurt, butter, etc! :D Also I really did squeal frantically when I saw the new catalog in the mail! It's one of AG's best catalogs to date in my opinion. The photograph is beautiful, and the scenes are all set up with such attention to detail. Besides, who doesn't love a good fold out? ^_^
As always thank you for reading L&L! We love hearing comments from
our readers and hope you will all have a wonderful week! Let your kindness
BeForever! :D
Bonus photos:
Creepy Lissie! She's watching..... everything!
